Comparative Genomic Study Reveals a Transition from TA Richness in Invertebrates to GC Richness in Vertebrates at CpG Flanking Sites: An Indication for Context-Dependent Mutagenicity of Methylated CpG Sites

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摘要 VertebrategenomesarecharacterizedwithCpGdeficiency,particularlyforGC-poorregions.TheGCcontent-relatedCpGdeficiencyisprobablycausedbycontext-dependentdeaminationofmethylatedCpGsites.ThishypothesiswasexaminedinthisstudybycomparingnucleotidefrequenciesatCpGflankingpo-sitionsamonginvertebrateandvertebrategenomes.Thefindingisatransitionofnucleotidepreferenceof5'Tto5'Aattheinvertebrate-vertebrateboundary,indi-catingthatalargenumberofCpGsiteswith5TsweredepletedbecauseofglobalDNAmethylationdevelopedinvertebrates.Atgenomelevel,weinvestigatedCpGobserved/expected(obs/exp)valuesin500bpfragments,andfoundthathigherCpGobs/expvalueisshowninGC-poorregionsofinvertebrategenomes(exceptseaurchin)butinGC-richsequencesofvertebrategenomes.WenextcomparedGCcontentatCpGflankingpositionswithgenomicaverage,showingthattheGCcontentislowerthantheaverageininvertebrategenomes,buthigherthanthatinvertebrategenomes.Theseresultsindicatethatalthough5'Tand5'AaredifferentininducingdeaminationofmethylatedCpGsites,GCcontentisevenmoreimportantinaffectingthedeaminationrate.Inallthetests,theresultsofseaurchinaresimilartovertebratesperhapsduetoitsfractionalDNAmethylation.CpGdeficiencyisthereforesuggestedtobemainlyaresultofhighmutationratesofmethylatedCpGsitesinGC-poorregions.
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出版日期 2008年03月13日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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